The Chicago Bulls have fired General Manager Marc Eversley and Executive Vice President of Basketball Operations Arturas Karnisovas.
Bulls President and CEO Michael Reinsdorf released the following statement:
Eversley and Karnisovas were both hired before the 2020-21 season, with the Bulls going 224-254 since then. Their only winning season during that period was 2021-22, earning their sole playoff appearance in their tenures. That season, the Bulls lost in the first round of the NBA playoffs in five
games to the Milwaukee Bucks.
The Bulls have once again been eliminated from postseason contention this season and currently sit in 12th place in the East with a record of 29-49. They are likely to have between the 9th and 12th best odds for the No. 1 pick in the NBA Draft Lottery, depending on how the rest of the season plays out. This would give them between a 1.5% and 4.5% chance at picking first in the 2026 NBA Draft.
Chicago was very active at the trade deadline this season, making seven trades, the most in the NBA. Among the outgoing players were Nikola Vucevic, Coby White, and Ayo Dosunmu. Coming in were former Blazer Anfernee Simons, Jaden Ivey, Rob Dillingham, some lessor known players and a host of second-round picks. Notably, they failed to land even a single first-round pick or a coveted prospect despite all of the trades. Ivey has since been waived by the Bulls, with Chicago citing “conduct detrimental to the team.”
The Bulls do have all of their future first-round picks, and could possibly have an additional first-round pick this summer courtesy of a trade with the Blazers made in 2021 for Larry Nance Jr. The pick is protected for picks 1-14; the Bulls will own the pick if the Blazers pick is outside of that range. Otherwise, the pick will roll-over for the fifth consecutive year until 2027, still protected for 1-14.
Chicago will begin their search to replace Eversley and Karnisovas immediately.
